George Borrow Quotes

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.

George Borrow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 5, 1803 - July 26, 1881

Topics

ParentSaidEscapeTrueVacuumBeen

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

ArtPersonalityPoetryEverything

New Yorkers were grateful when Donald J. Trump finished ahead of schedule and under budget in renovating the Wollman Memorial Rink, where the city had spent six years and $12 million trying to produce ice.

Andrew Rosenthal

GratefulCityBudgetTryingIceNew

Researchers can measure what kind of angles your legs take up during the day when they're just trailing around behind you in weightless conditions, and what kind of impacts you feel during your exercise. They're going to compare that with what we do on the ground.

John L. Phillips

DayFeelExerciseYouMeasureKind

I sometimes think love is God's way of hoodwinking people into having kids. You fall in love, and all that passion goes into procreating and wanting children.

Matt Dillon

LovePassionGodChildrenLove Is

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

Roger Tory Peterson

LifeBeginningEnvironmentalWorld

I'm God's chosen child. I don't worry or carry anything extra to feel the strength. I've always felt the power of God beside me. Your strength lies in instilling honesty, truth, and sincerity in you.

Rohit Shetty

StrengthGodHonestyTruthPowerMe

Women and children were slaughtered by the Taliban. You are going to sit down and negotiate with these folks? They never lived up to an agreement. The Pakistanis tried in '08, the Russians tried it when they were there. George Bush tried it in '05. It has never worked.

Mike Rogers

WomenChildrenYouDownNeverLived

Tomorrow it'll all be over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again.

Johnny Depp

TomorrowBackSellingGoOverAgain

I always wanted to know what lens they were on, how close they were. I didn't do it with a plan in mind, but I would instinctively gear what I was doing toward what lenses they were using.

Donna Mills

MindDoingPlanLensKnowAlways

There's a guy in London named Ben Cohen who is doing great things. In a way, we need people like Ben - we need straight guys to come out and say, 'What're you worried about? Get over yourself.' That's what we need! Because no one's listening to us - certainly, no one is listening to me.

Boy George

GreatYourselfPeopleMeListening

If I'm doing a job, I'll give it 100%, and that job gets my absolute focus, and everything else goes to the side. Then, that job is finished, I'll concentrate on the next job.

Bradley Walsh

FocusJobDoingEverythingSide

The spending in science and technology need to be to increased.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

TechnologyScienceNeedSpending

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